Hi,
I just picked up a very nice Yamaha PF-800. When cueing the tonearm in the down position the tonearm drops faster than I would like. Is there anyway to remedy this. Is it an oil damped cueing device or possibly electric ? Any help is appreciated.

welcome to AK brian! I have a Kenwood KD-650 that has faster than I'd like cueing drop as well. I bought the service manual and it was of no help. :( I'm gonna guess they're all oil damped. The tricky part is what oil to use and where to put it! :dunno:

Welcome to AK! You've come the right spot.

Do a 'Search' on PF-1000 and/or PF-800 in the TT forum and you will find several threads on this very nice TT. One of them will have a very descriptive (with pic's) step-by-step listing on the proper fix for this. Is really quite simple. Just need to get some of the very thick silicone damping fluid from one of the sellers listed in the thread on same.

Hi

Siliconoil Type AK300.000 or AK500.000 (viscosity)
where to fill in depends on your TT :)
i know wher i fill my CEC BD-7000

Thankyou for the quick replies. Sounds simple enough to remedy. This is a very nice sounding table. It came with a new Linn K-9 phono cartridge and was $220.00 Cdn. complete. All I need is the record clamp which was missing. One other question. I have tried and tried to lift the inner platter but is it stubborn. Just will not lift off. Any ideas ?

Takes three hands, but while pulling up on the inner platter have someone give it a sharp 'rap' with a plastic hammer or piece of 2x4 on the top of the spindle. You'll be surprised at how 'low-tech' the bearing is. A drop or three of Mobil 1 5W30 and it is good to go.

Did you find the thread on the damping oil replenishment? Were the pic's still there. Since then I found that you could pull the TA (three socket-head cap screws) and lay it on its side. The cuing lift arm has a rubber insert that can be lifted out and has a small screw underneath that attaches the curved lift to the shaft. Remove this screw so that the shaft can be pushed up from below (if the curved piece isn't removed it won't clear the TA). When you have it pushed all the way up you will see that the lower end of the shaft is machined with 2-or-3 grooves. This is where you dribble the thick damping fluid. You can purchase the heavy (100,000 cpi?) from The Need Dr. or Turntable Basics, amongst others. Sorry I didn't recall this before. But am suffering from CRS.